How Do You Perform Cheerleading Flexibility Routines?
Flexibility is vital to a cheerleader’s performance. A cheerleader must have a full range of motion in all of their joints and fully stretched backs, hamstrings and arms to be able to do common cheer movements and tumbling passes. Stretching also reduces the chance of injury. Warm up your body and get the blood flowing. Jogging, jumping jacks, whatever will increase your heart rate a little. Do this for five minutes. Do ten deep lunges on each leg followed by a bent over straight leg stretch. Hold the stretch for eight counts on each side. Next do each of your splits (right, left and middle) on the floor. Hold each for at least one minute. Following this lie on your back and have a partner press your thighs down as you hold a middle split position. This should burn the muscles in your inner and outer thighs. Stand with your back against the wall and left one leg ninety degrees. Have your partner lift your leg up further making sure that your standing leg is straight. Hold for thirty se
